But really, he is.
On Christmas Eve, I watched the finale of Merlin. It made me sad, so I decided that I would continue reading The Sword in the Stone where I had left off last year. I still had a bookmark in it. When I opened the book to chapter seventeen, the first thing I read was "Merlyn put his fingers together like Sherlock Holmes." Although The Sword in the Stone is an example of Arthurian legend, T.H. White uses many modern references due to Merlyn's existence being an anachronism. When I saw the Sherlock Holmes reference, I was exited, but not too surprised.
So then today, I was reading Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The whole time I'm reading it, I'm imagining Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent because that's how it is in the movie. And then, it chapter fifteen of So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, it says, "his name was simply John Watson."
then I was like, "awesome. now what do I do."
Because they're the same person. In my brain.
And then I realized that it was the second book in a row that I have read in which there was in some way a Sherlock Holmes reference. Perhaps the book gods are trying to send me a sign.
Four hours later...
I just got back from the mall where I bought Vampire Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. After I bought it I realized that included in these vampire stories is The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, a Sherlock Holmes short story! I should have expected it because it is Conan Doyle, but I still think that it is further evidence that I'm being followed.
On a side note, I told my parents that I wanted this bust of John Adams for my birthday:
And they took me seriously and it makes me cry with happiness.
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